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The woman who fell to her death Tuesday at the Grand Canyon has been identified. National Park Service officials say rangers received a call at 1:05 p.m. Tuesday reporting a person needed help at a rocky point west of Pipe Creek Vista. Before a rescue effort could be undertaken, the person fell. The park’s helicopterFull Story

A two-year-old child fell an estimated 60-feet down a cliff along the Midgley Bridge Trial near Sedona Saturday. Sedona Fire officials say the child fell at around 2 p.m. Officials say they were able to recover the body off a ledge below the trail. The child was with a family on vacation from Omaha, Nebraska.Full Story

The death at the Grand Canyon appears to be an accident. The body of a 30-year-old Iowa man was found about 280 feet below the rim of the Grand Canyon Tuesday. National Park Officials say they received a call at around 4:17 p.m. that a visitor fell from the rim of the canyon west ofFull Story

A Florida woman was killed when she fell around 400 feet on the South Kaibab Trail at the Grand Canyon. Park officials say 35-year-old Colleen Burns of Orlando fell from Ooh Aah Point on Friday. She had been hiking and taking pictures with friends for sunrise when she accidentally stepped off the edge of theFull Story

A man and his dog fell to their death yesterday while hiking in the area of Chevelon Canyon north of Forest Lakes on the Mogollon Rim. Coconino County Sheriff’s officials say 62-year-old Glen Dickinson from Tucson and his blind dog were walking along the top of the rim, when they both fell off a cliffFull Story